Antidotes to Cultiness in Psychedelic Organisations

How to be a leader in a healthy manner when building psychedelic communities
How cultiness in psychedelic culture differs from a 'toxic high control group'
Independent ethics boards and ethics codes, anonymous complaints procedures
Encouraging a culture where criticism - both within and outside the organisation - is welcomed
How to remain open to critical views internally and acknowledging mistakes
Is it possible to build a psychedelic organization with a charismatic leader, without being a "little bit culty"?
Suggestibility and people's diminished capacity for consent during or after psychedelic experiences
The risks that sometimes come along with cultiness are less positive things, such as: group think, minimizing harms, ends justifies means thinking, silencing or ostracssing of critics, excessive devotion to a charismatic / authoritarian leader and so on
Visioning possible future outcomes in a positive and inspirational manner as in "Net-Zero Trauma by 2070".

Jules Evans

Author of four books including Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations and The Art of Losing Control. He is the director of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project and editor of the newsletter Ecstatic Integration. Jules Evans is the Policy Director at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. He teaches practical philosophy at organisations including Saracens rugby club, HMP Low Moss, and the US Army. He was a BBC New Generation Thinker for 2013 and regularly speaks on BBC Radio, as well as on NPR, ABC Australia, RTE and other outlets. He has also written for publications including the Financial Times, Guardian, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal. He blogs at www.philosophyforlife.org, and helps to run the London Philosophy Club, which is the biggest philosophy club in the world.

Dr Rick Doblin

Founder and President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana and his Master’s thesis on a survey of oncologists about smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. His undergraduate thesis at New College of Florida was a 25-year follow-up to the classic Good Friday Experiment, which evaluated the potential of psychedelic drugs to catalyze religious experiences. He also conducted a thirty-four-year follow-up study to Timothy Leary’s Concord Prison Experiment. Rick studied with Dr. Stanislav Grof and was among the first to be certified as a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner. His professional goal is to help develop legal contexts for the beneficial uses of psychedelics and marijuana, primarily as prescription medicines but also for personal growth for otherwise healthy people, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic therapist. He founded MAPS in 1986, and currently resides in Boston with his wife and puppy, with three empty rooms from his children who have all graduated college and begun their life journeys. Learn more about Rick by listening to his Origin Story and watching his TED Talk.

Magdalena Kaspryszyn

Chairwoman, Co-founder of HoloMind. Responsible for cooperation with state and non-governmental organizations. Brings together professionals from various specialties in the fields of psychology, therapy, and science to collectively educate on harm reduction and the development of modern effective therapies. Host of HoloMind Talk - the podcast about psychedelics. Professionally: language trainer, language mentor and coach, interpersonal communication trainer, life coach. blog writer. In HoloMind, her main goal is to support integration, inclusiveness and respectful communication. She helps specialists in efficient cooperation so they can effectively realize their visions and support people in need. She is also responsible for communication with partners and clients to ensure that the education process adheres to the principles of ethics and high-quality professionalism.